After hearing that bio-soldiers were used as power sources for the ship, Derek looked around and asked:
"Does anyone know how much thrust is needed to drive that cargo ship? How many bio-soldiers are needed to produce that thrust? There can't be hundreds or thousands of bio-soldiers on that ship, can there? How is this different from declaring war on the Alchemy Cathedral?"
"Let me calculate it, let me calculate..."
Hudson's arms waved in the air like octopus tentacles. He pictured the layout of the cargo ship in his mind while mumbling:
"Sail room, coal storage, burning chamber, these places are all occupied, so we have to subtract the weight of coal from the overall weight of the ship. Assuming the ship is fully loaded, it would need at least 1,000 horsepower of continuous thrust to sail at sea. Does anyone know how much thrust a bio-soldier can provide?"
Everyone turned to look at Noland Lee again.
Noland spread his hands:
